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The image depicts a moth with spread wings, surrounded by various plants and insects such as a spider, beetle, and butterfly. The color scheme is grayscale with shading for depth. The composition includes the moth in the center, a spider on the left, a flower on the right, a beetle at the bottom, and a fly near the moth's wing. Latin inscriptions are above the moth, and a large flower is at the bottom right.
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The image depicts a moth with spread wings, surrounded by various plants and insects such as a spider, beetle, and butterfly. The color scheme is grayscale with shading for depth. The composition includes the moth in the center, a spider on the left, a flower on the right, a beetle at the bottom, and a fly near the moth's wing. Latin inscriptions are above the moth, and a large flower is at the bottom right.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 3, Title Page]

Jacob Hoefnagel after Joris Hoefnagel

Date
published 1592
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
page size: 24.1 × 32.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.) plate: 15.5 × 20.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1987.20.9.27
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii [Part 3, Title Page]

Subjects and terms

  • animal
  • Flemish
  • engraving
Provenance

Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald [1893-1988], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

NGA object ID 224580. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.